Patients and staff were shocked when a three-year-old girl calmly walked into Dongchuan District People’s Hospital in Yunnan, China with a fruit knife embedded in her head on Friday, 15 Aug.
Girl Shows Remarkable Composure With Fruit Knife Lodged in Skull
The child, who was brought in by her mother, stunned onlookers with her composure.
She was not crying or panicking and managed to walk on her own into the hospital lobby.
Footage of the incident quickly went viral online. Netizens called her “braver than most adults”.
Photos taken at the hospital entrance showed the girl being led by her mother into the lobby, followed by a doctor. The child showed no signs of distress as she followed the medical team into the operating room.
Some online users questioned why the doctors or parents did not carry the girl at the time.
Mother’s Accidental Stabbing During Disciplinary Moment
Hospital staff later confirmed the girl’s injury had been caused by her mother.
The woman said she kept a knife under her pillow to ward off evil spirits. When her daughter misbehaved on the bed, she picked up the weapon to scare her.
The blade accidentally pierced the child’s head during this incident.
“The mother said the knife went in suddenly and couldn’t be pulled out,” staff explained. “That’s why she brought the child straight to the hospital without even calling the emergency hotline.”
Hospital staff deemed the case an accident. There was no basis for a police report.
Medical Team’s Expert Response Prevents Further Injury
Emergency room staff at Dongchuan District People’s Hospital confirmed they had treated the three-year-old girl with the fruit knife lodged in her head.
The girl was immediately taken into emergency surgery. Doctors performed a craniotomy that night to remove the knife successfully.
Hospital staff confirmed her condition was stable after the procedure.
Doctors stressed that not pulling the knife out was crucial. Removing it outside of surgery could have caused massive bleeding or secondary injury.
Medical staff noted the blade had penetrated several centimetres into the child’s skull. It had likely lodged in bone rather than damaging sensitive areas of the brain.
A young child’s skull is softer, allowing the knife to embed more easily.
A senior doctor added that the girl’s unusually calm demeanour might have been due to trauma-related pain suppression.
“If the knife had been forcibly removed on the spot, she would have been in serious danger,” the doctor said. “Seeking professional treatment immediately was the right decision.”
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